Mattress Review
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Mattress
Manufacturer: Stearns & Foster
Avg. Price: $1480 |
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liljaker
Joined: Mar 2, 2008
Points: 15
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Interesting review. I, too, am in the midst of mattress shopping and sifting through all the sales talk about what mattress is the best. It is daunting. My current S&F was also purhcased in 2004, tho it is an Edinborough (I think), not as high end, although I spent about $1200. I have all the same issues that you do, which is why I am searching again. Each sales person has their own read on who is the best and worst, and I swear, ALL start out with "I have been the mattress business for 37 years and X is the best mattress, etc." Well, that changes depending on the store you are in. In American Mattress stores, (Serta/S&F), they have all great stuff to say about S&F, then go to a dept. store and they knock S&F and praise Simmons, or in another praise Sealy, etc. It really is confusing. Anyway, I have been told that when Serta purchased S&F, it was having problems and they have just begun to rebuild the name. Not sure if I believe it, but thought I'd post since the same thing happened to me. I am debating now between a Serta Perfect Day mattress, and Simmons Beautyrest Black. Sigh....
Date Purchased: 10/2004
Price Paid: $1400
Recommend: No |
Pros:
Was great for a couple of years
Cons:
Only lasted a couple of years, yet they are supposed to have the tempered coils? |
This message was modified Mar 2, 2008 by liljaker
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Glenda
Joined: Feb 23, 2008
Points: 15
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I have been doing some mattress research for a friend and decided to write this review for a Stearns & Foster mattress I had personally purchased in May of 2004 since I noticed the same complaints for the Stearns & Foster mattresses in doing this recent research. I bought a Stearns & Foster "S" line mattress, which was at the higher end of the alphabet scale. It was called the Standish at Sleepy's. I had seen it also at Macy's called the Stonefield and at Bloomindale's as the Salehurst. I did a lot of research at the time to determine how to compare the different names at different stores for a particular alphabet designation. I had settled on Stearns & Foster as I reasoned that it was an old, reliable/quality name with the best overall reputation. I did purchase it at Sleepy's. I had originally purchased the Spalford, but after sleeping on it, realized it was too soft, maybe because of the pillow top, so I exchanged it (for a $100 additional charge) for the Standish, which was supposed to be up one step as far as firmness. At any rate, it is not yet 4 years old and I am very disappointed. It is a queen size and I sleep alone and early on I found that the mattress dipped in the area where I sleep so that there is a permanent indentation. In other words, it does not resume its original shape. When I sit on the edge of the bed, it is still firm, but once you go towards the center, you sink. I am a normal weight (well, maybe I could lose 20 pounds) so this is not the problem. Just want to make you all aware.
Date Purchased: May 2004
Price Paid: $1640
Recommend: No |
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Cons:
Dips toward center. Lost its firmness. It's also one of these non-flip high mattresses, and therefore very heavy to even lift the corners when making the bed.
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